The historic 1963 March on Washington will be remembered with a number of TV tributes in coming days. Replays of TV footage of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream Speech” will overshadow all the modern footage, but new documentaries and commentaries will add context. The March, attended by roughly a quarter million people, was a watershed moment in the Civil Rights Movement. Coming up on TV:

NBC News’ “Meet The Press” has a special bit of TV history, airing locally on Channel 9 on Sunday night, 11-11:30 p.m., King’s appearance on the show in 1963 just before the March. KUSA also plans an anniversary special by a Gannett sister station, airing Friday, Aug. 30, 7-8 p.m.

BET offers “50: THE MARCH & THE MOVEMENT,” a news special with live coverage and interviews from civil rights activists and political figures, honoring “the trailblazers who orchestrated one of the largest and most productive rallies for human rights in United States history.” Beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday locally on BET.

CNN has “We Were There: The March on Washington – An Oral History” with Don Lemon, premiering Friday at 8 p.m. Participants and organizers including Lewis and Harry Belafonte reflect on how it came together and what it meant. U.S. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) sums up: “It [The March] was about the fact that each and every one of us was denied basic rights simply because of the color of her skin. And we needed somehow to demonstrate that to the country. Make them do something about it.”

MSNBC plans a two-hour special, “PoliticsNation: March on Washington: The Dream Continues,” hosted by Reverend Al Sharpton. Live from the National Mall, 4-6 p.m. Saturday, with guests including Rep. John Lewis, Martin Luther King III, Bernice King, Taylor Branch, Myrlie Evers-Williams, Edith Lee-Payne, Marc Morial as well as union leaders and marchers past and present.

PBS plans a week of commemorative programming, including a five-part web series on the PBS Black Culture Connection website[1] called “The March @50,” exploring “whether America has delivered on the promises of the March.” Next Tuesday night PBS premieres “THE MARCH,” a new documentary film narrated by Denzel Washington (airing locally at 8 p.m. Aug. 27 on Rocky Mountain PBS.) PBS NEWSHOUR anchor and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a series of conversations commemorating the 50th anniversary through the month, including, on Wed. Aug. 28, the actual anniversary, Rep. John Lewis, the only surviving speaker from that day.